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Nnyan

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Registered: 2006-01-09

Posts: 22

boot partions as ext3 instead of reiserFS

Hello,

I'm working on getting Archlinux (base install) up and running with MythTV on my PVR and going through the documentation I was able to format the hard drive into the 4 partitons required by mythTV (boot, swap, /, and video).  It was recommended that I use ext3 for the boot and / partitions and xfs or jfs for the video. 

Anyway got everything setup properly except the boot part.  I didn't get an option to change the FS on this partition like the others.

Eliatamby

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Registered: 2005-05-06

Posts: 80

Re: boot partions as ext3 instead of reiserFS

Is your system up and running currently?  You could format boot from within the system

Are you sure you selected the /boot mountpoint during install?

zen_guerrilla

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From: Greece

Registered: 2002-12-22

Posts: 259

Re: boot partions as ext3 instead of reiserFS

OT: Using a journaling FS for /boot is waste of space. A simple 20M ext2 should be fine.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: boot partions as ext3 instead of reiserFS

Just be warned - if you use ext2 for /boot, you really should make it auto-unmount after booting. Ext2 filesystems are, in my experience, very, very susceptible to corruption following improper shutdowns.

zen_guerrilla

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From: Greece

Registered: 2002-12-22

Posts: 259

Re: boot partions as ext3 instead of reiserFS

Gullible Jones: got a point. just add 'noauto' in /etc/fstab for /boot partition if you use ext2.

Snarkout

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Registered: 2005-11-13

Posts: 542

Re: boot partions as ext3 instead of reiserFS

I dunno, to me 100 megs is 100 megs.  I've never come close to filling a 100 meg boot partition, but I've never had to kick myself in the ass for "wasting" 100 megs either.  Even on a 3 gig hard drive.  I guess I don't understand the argument.

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Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: boot partions as ext3 instead of reiserFS

Oh yeah, if you use the noauto option in fstab *always* remember to mount the /boot partition before upgrading your kernel! I learned that the hard way... It's an easy mistake to make, but it *hurts*.